3Into your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?' Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.


In Context

1 And the men of Ephraim say unto him, 'What is this thing thou hast done to us — not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?' and they strive with him severely;

2 and he saith unto them, 'What have I done now like you? are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer?

3 Into your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?' Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.

4 And Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who are with him — wearied, and pursuing,

5 and he saith to the men of Succoth, 'Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who are at my feet, for they are wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.'

Judges 8:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:3God gave Oreb and Zeeb, the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?" At this, their resentment against him subsided.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:3God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:3The Lord hath delivered into your bands the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: what could I have done like to what you have done? And when he had said this, their spirit was appeased, with which they swelled against him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:3God hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3God has given into your hands the princes of Mid'ian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you?| Then their anger against him was abated, when he had said this.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:3God hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then, when he had said that, their anger towards him abated.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?| Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:3God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.